Countries
Japan
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Japan
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Korean Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Olonets
Dialect 3
Kansai
Novgorod
Where They Speak
kansai
Novgorod
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Russki
French Name
japonais
russe
German Name
Japanisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Russians
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
russ1263
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Japanese and Russian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Russian Speaking population
Japanese and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Russian on Japanese vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Russian Language Codes
Japanese and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.